Camp Perry Pictures

[Mark Daiute]

My regret is not having time to spend with you guys. It was very nice simply having Bob walk out with us at the end of a very long day.

My prone shooting was poor. My prone rapid was horrendous. Time was not the issue. Once I realized I was shooting high I pulled them down into the black but at that point it was too late. Reloads were not a problem.

I figure that with an 1800 mile round trip and 40 rounds fired for each match it works out to 22.5 miles per shot fired. That's a lot of time money and gas expended for little shooting but it was worth it.

[madsenshooter]

Wow Mark, that's quite a haul! I think I'm going to have to do more shooting closer to home! I have other projects to switch to at the moment though, it's near muzzleloader season and I have one I've not yet shot. A trim young buck with a monster rack stopped in the road the other day to beckon to me. I don't know what's in the water in that hollow, but there have been a lot of large antlered bucks taken out of there.

[psteinmayer]

Glad I'm not driving that distance... The 200 miles I drove (round trip) each day was enough! I wish we had had more time to chat too Mark. Next year we'll do more!

[soldierofhistory1898]

Talk about the Krag trophy

It was fun, that's for sure. I did better than I did last year, but still fell 6 points short of a medal thanks to a couple 5s when I flinched in standing, and putting one shot in some other shooter's target during rapid fire. 96 slow fire prone, 75 rapid fire prone, 81 standing, total 252-1X. About middle of the pack again, and I know the rifle is better than that. My only miss was the crossfire. My one piece sling, actually the front part of a 1907 sling that's a little longer to fit a model 1917, is a bit short now that I have that leather jacket under my shooting coat. Camp Perry wasn't a good place to discover that. The modified Parashooter charger worked flawlessly, seriously I gotta get someone to make them out of plastic for me to sell. There was a left handed fellow from CA shooting an MAS 36 who said he'd much rather shoot his Krag. He liked the charger, probably would have given me $50 for it.

You know, some benevolent organization ought to provide a trophy for the high Krag shooter, one named after someone significant in the rifles manufacture or adoption, a Medal of Honor winner who used one, or a collector-type worthy of such a memorial. Sam Porter is out, they already have a Porter Trophy. Not a trophy to be brought home, something like the John C. Garand trophy, but just for Krag shooters. That's a hint to you KCA members. If you build it, folks will shoot for it!

Thanks for the pics Paul!

I was perusing thru some old threads looking for info on how to make chamber casts when I stumbled on Madsenshooters suggestion of a trophy the top Krag marksman. He thought it should be named for someone significant in Krag history. My suggestion would be Mr. Bill Mook who seems, by every ones remarks, to be the professor emeritus of Kragdom.
By the way what is a good material to make a chamber cast? As well as a good mold release material to use?

[psteinmayer]

+1 on Bill Mook... and maybe Frank Mallory also!

[Dick Hosmer]

Either would be an excellent choice.

I'm thinking that Frank might have been more involved in actual shooting, in their younger days, than Bill - but that is only my impression from the things we spoke about, and I would quickly defer to anyone with more accurate info.

As an aside here, does anyone have picture(s) of either of them? I met Frank, twice - once at his home, and once at one of Graham Burnside's (there's a name for the old guys!) annual hog roasts, but never had the pleasure of meeting Bill face-to-face.

[madsenshooter]

A member of the 1908 Palma team? Or maybe someone like the fellow in this KCA post: http://www.kragcollectorsassociation...num=1392665914 (Note: to see the pics you need to register and login)